Site location - multimap aerial view facing south |
Loading a wheelbarrow with woodchips |
Raking fresh woodchips onto a woodland path |
Waiting for the next barrow to fill |
Edgar starts to fell a pair of dead Elm trees by the path |
Edgar steps back |
and the first Elm falls safely away from us |
Audience reaction is ... |
... time for a tea-break ! |
Bringing kindling for the fire |
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33 rings on the stump of one of the Elm trees felled today |
The tree was killed by Honey Fungus under its bark |
A fruiting body of Honey Fungus, pokes through the bark |
Honey Fungus is Armillaria mellea - Elm is Ulmus procera |
Two views of Honey Fungus (and a Sycamore "key") |
The Honey Fungus is reputedly edible, but not delicious. |
Edgar starts to cut the next dead Elm |
and it falls to earth |
The team collects the fallen logs as they are cut |
and carries them to make habitat piles |
Cutting logs with a bowsaw keeps you warm in the snow! |
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